US History: Chp 24 - The Depression & New Deal

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Across
  1. 4. The Federal _________ System kept interest rates low during the 1920s.
  2. 9. Families from western Oklahoma that packed up and moved to California looking for work.
  3. 12. Labor organization organized by John L. Lewis (initials).
  4. 14. Depicted the lives & fortunes of Southern folks in his novels.
  5. 16. Author of THE GRAPES OF WRATH.
  6. 17. Name given to Presidential addresses to the nation via radio.
  7. 18. Description of Plains area of US ravaged by drought
  8. 20. Author of GONE WITH THE WIND.
  9. 21. Left-wing British economic theoretician who advocated central planning.
  10. 22. When depositors lose confidence in a bank & rush to withdraw their funds.
Down
  1. 1. Author of LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL.
  2. 2. First woman to hold a cabinet position.
  3. 3. The 21st amendment brought this period to a close.
  4. 5. Nickname given to FDR's team of advisors and cabinet members.
  5. 6. Name given to when all banks in the US were temporarily closed.
  6. 7. Song writer of GOD BLESS AMERICA.
  7. 8. Originally called Boulder Dam.
  8. 10. Special session of Congress that met from 3/9/33 till 6/16/33.
  9. 11. He said in his inaugural address, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself".
  10. 13. Plan that allowed one to pay a little down and then payments for a set time.
  11. 15. 1st of seven Americans to win the Nobel prize for literature in the 20th century.
  12. 19. Term used to describe the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
  13. 22. Used China for the setting of her bestselling novel THE GOOD EARTH.